From: jnichel@no_spamby-tor.com   
      
   On 5/25/2011 7:02 PM, Don Bruder wrote:   
   > In article,   
   >   "norborder"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I was asked if any clean-up/maintenance software should be installed/run on   
   >> a friend's Mac book. I have no fucking idea, but I'm sure more than one of   
   >> all y'all does. Thanks.   
   >   
   > On a Mac, all the "really critical" stuff is already installed,   
   > configured, and ready to rock-n-roll. But there's a catch: MacOS X is a   
   > flavor of unix, and like most unix systems, likes to run most of its   
   > housekeeping stuff in the wee hours of the night, mainly so it happens   
   > when nobody's around to notice the performance degradation that's likely   
   > due to the upkeep stuff basically taking over the machine.   
   >   
   > If the Mac is shut down/sleeping at the time the maintenance stuff is   
   > supposed to run, it (duh...) won't run. *FOR THE MOST PART* this won't   
   > be a problem, and can be easily fixed by making sure the machine is left   
   > running around the clock at least a couple times a month. But it CAN   
   > lead to certain things not being cleaned up/trimmed   
   > down/compressed/packed away as expected, resulting in performance hits   
   > ranging from minor to "Sweet jeezus... How did this thing get so   
   > slow?!?!?"   
   >   
   > If your friend is one of those who thinks that the rig needs to be shut   
   > down anytime it isn't actively in use, point him at a google search for   
   > "MacJanitor" - It's a cheap (last I cared enough to bother looking, it   
   > was freeware, but it may have gone to another business model) gizmo that   
   > takes care of making certain the maintenance stuff that's SUPPOSED to   
   > run at (for instance) 3 AM every day actually DOES run at least once a   
   > day, regardless of what time that run might happen.   
   >   
      
   If it works like a true *nix machine under the hood, the cron jobs will   
   run when the machine is booted, if it was off during the scheduled time.   
      
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